Friday, April 20, 2007

Plotting and Planning

It must be the week for discovering cool new things. Today I discovered the awesomeness of the Plotter - a type of printer traditionally used to print architectural plans. It differs from a normal printer in that it uses a mechanical arm with a pen attached to draw lines and colour in fills, much like a human does. But why is it so cool? Because it's CHEAP, that's why! I got two A0 size prints done (841mm × 1189mm) for $4.40 each! That's crazy cheap in my mind. I'm using the prints to get a sense of the scale of my patterns before they go onto fabric:'geese' and 'japanese garden' - any suggestions for better names? Hehe.

On a side note, the other day I frightened a poor woman who was walking down the street when I shouted out and pointed at her - she was wearing one of my blue dot necklaces! I couldn't help it - I've never come across a stranger wearing my stuff before and it was a reflex reaction. She'd bought it from our local giftwares shop, so it's not as coincidental as someone who'd bought it off the net. But still.

13 comments:

i've a love-hate relationship with plotters (i work in a landscape architecture office), but yours is definitely the prettiest plot i've ever seen! if only all CAD drawings are as aesthetically pleasing as that!!

we have one of those at work (for printing garment patterns)- it sounds like a small aeroplane! It would be awesome if we could print our illustrator files out on it- we get our fabrics printed, and gluing a full-repeat artwork together is a pain! I think its a great idea for a full scale trial-run of your prints :)